
Ebert showed willingness to adapt to new media
Roger Ebert started out as an old-school newspaper man, the kind that has all but vanished: a fierce competitor who spent the day trying to scoop the ...
EU clears Random House, Penguin merger deal
The European Union's antitrust watchdog on Friday gave its green light to the proposed merger of Penguin and Random House that will create the world's ...

Conn. gun law seen as model for Congress, states
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed into law sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines Thursday in response to the Sandy ...

Sacramento, Seattle groups present to NBA owners
The future home of the Kings may not be settled this month after all. With owners facing a difficult choice between a move to Seattle or the team ...

Analyst: 60-inch Apple iTV to launch this year
It's no secret that Apple wants to get into the living room by making its own TV set, and there have been plenty of rumors and reports about how and ...

Music service Rdio launches Vdio for TV, movies
Rdio, the music streaming service started by a co-founder of Skype, is getting into video. New and current subscribers of a $10-a-month unlimited ...
Cuban says he is willing to draft Griner
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban says he would consider drafting Baylor All-American Brittney Griner. Cuban told reporters before Tuesday night's ...

Cano switches agents to Jay-Z company from Boras
Rapper and recording producer Jay-Z is expanding into sports representation and has signed New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano away from ...

Customers pack Conn. gun stores after deal on laws
Customers packed gun stores around Connecticut on Tuesday ahead of a vote expected to bring sweeping changes to the state's gun control laws, ...

CBS News anchor Rebecca Jarvis heads to ABC
CBS News anchor Rebecca Jarvis is moving to ABC News. ABC says Jarvis will join the network later this month as its chief business and economics ...

CBS: No regrets on Ware injury coverage
The chairman of CBS Sports had no regrets about banning further replays of Louisville basketball player Kevin Ware's gruesome broken leg and says if ...
NY appeals court OKs Aereo live television service
An Internet company offering inexpensive live broadcast television feeds to computers, tablets and smartphones doesn't violate U.S. copyright law, a ...

Correspondent Byron Pitts joins ABC News from CBS
Veteran correspondent Byron Pitts is jumping from CBS to ABC News, where he will be chief national correspondent and a fill-in anchor for various ...

Senators caution immigration deal not final
Even with one of the largest hurdles to an immigration overhaul overcome, optimistic lawmakers on Sunday cautioned they had not finished work on a ...
'G.I. Joe' commands No. 1 at box office with $41M
After a nine-month delay, "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" deployed to the top spot at the box office. The action film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, ...

Phil Ramone, Grammy-winning producer, dead at 79
Phil Ramone, the masterful Grammy Award-winning engineer, arranger and producer whose platinum touch included recordings with Ray Charles, Billy Joel ...

AP opens full news bureau in Myanmar
The Associated Press on Saturday became the first international news agency to open a bureau in Myanmar since a reformist government took power two ...
AP Source: Miami asks for NCAA case to end
Citing massive impropriety by the NCAA and how it handled the investigation of Miami's athletic department, the Hurricanes want the case against them ...

Ailing A-Rod will make more than Houston Astros
Alex Rodriguez will make more this year than all the Houston Astros combined — a lot more. And he won't even play the first half of the season, if at ...

Shot Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai writing book
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban as she returned home from school, is writing a book about the traumatic event ...

Panasonic stays in TV business, chairman resigning
Panasonic's president said Thursday the company will persist with trying to fix its money-losing TV business, characterizing an exit from the fiercely ...

CBS renews 18 prime-time series for next season
There's little suspense ahead for CBS viewers: The nation's most popular broadcaster said Wednesday that it has renewed 18 of its prime-time series ...
Publisher speeds up e-book access for libraries
The publisher of Khaled Hosseini, Harlan Coben and other popular authors has decided that it's comfortable with letting libraries offer e-book ...

Pivot, network for millennials, tries to change TV
Pivot is the name of a TV channel aimed at 15-to-34-year-olds who want to change the world. In the process, they could help Pivot change the ...

WADA backs HGH test against 'extremist' NFL union
The World Anti-Doping Agency defended its test for human growth hormone on Wednesday and accused the NFL players union of being "extremist" for ...